Fence



(No Model.)

F. A. WILLIAMS.

FENCE. I No. 474,072. Patented May 3, 1892.

L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. \VILLIAMS, OF CLARENDON, NEWV YORK.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,072, dated May 3,1892.

Application filed July 31, 1891.

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. WILLIAMS, of Clarendon, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement relates to rail fences of that kind where cross-stakesare used and the rails are suspended by wires.

My invention consists in a new arrangement of the wires, whereby theweight of the lower rails of the fence serves to bind the two upperrails into the upper and lower crotches of the stakes, therebydispensing with the necessity of a binder, which has heretofore had tobe used to produce the same effect.

In this fence a single length of wire is used at the end of eachsection. One end of this wire is tied to the top of one of thecrossstakes, then is carried over the top of the riderrail and aroundthe top of the opposite stake, thence over the top of the rider again,then down and up to form the loop for supporting the lower rails, thenceover the rider-rail again, and thence down to the second rail, to whichthe end is tied. By this means the wire acts in the same way as a cordpassing over two pulleys and draws the upper rail down and the secondone up by the weight of the lower part of the fence.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a length of railfence, showing myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a diagram showing a perspective view of one of the wires bent inthe form which it assumes in binding the fence, the arrows showing thedirection of strain to bind the two upper rails of the fence into theopposite crotches of the cross-stakes.

A A indicate the cross-stakes, B the upper rail, 0 the second rail, andD D the lower rails, of the fence. The two rails B 0 rest in the upperand lower crotches of the stakes and are drawn tightly therein to bindand Serial No. 401,267. (No model.)

stiffen the stakes by the weight of the lower rails D D.

E E are the wires by which the rails are attached to the stakes. Each ofthese wires is in a single length. One end is attached to the top of oneof the. stakes, as shown at a. The wire is then crossed over the upperrail and carried around the top of the opposite stake, as shown at b.The wire is then carried over the rail again and down and up, formingthe suspension-loop c, in which all of the lower rails of the fencerest. It is passed over the upper rail again, as shown at (Z, andextended down and tied to the second rail, as shown at f. As the wire isthus arranged, the weight of the lower rails of the fence producesleverage on the wire, the strain being in the direction of the arrows inFig. 3. The tendency is to draw the upper rail B tightly down into theupper crotch of the cross-stakes and the second rail 0 tightly up intothe lower crotch of the stakes. The heavier the weight of the fence thegreater is the binding strain. This binding of the stakes stiffens themand holds the fence up.

In addition to the above, the crossing of the wire from one stake to theother draws them together under the weight of the fence. A cross-wire Gis used to connect the stakes below the lower crotch, but is not used tosupport the second rail 0, as the latter is drawn up by the strain onthe loop f.

Anchor-stakes H H are used in the ordinary way, and, if desired,diagonal braces I I may also be used, one with each section.

Having described my invention, I do not claim a wire loop embracing thetwo upper rails and tightened by a binder. Neither do I claim a wireattached to the top of one of the stakes, looped around the upper rail,thence carried to the second rail, encircling the same, and Wound aroundthe stakes.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the crossed stakes A A and the rails 13 O,resting, respectively, in the upper and lower crotches of the stakes, ofthe wire E, attached at one end to the top of one of the stakes, thencecarried over the In witness whereof I have hereunto signed top rail andaround the other stake and back my name in the presence of twosubscribing 10 over the rail again, thence down and up, forrnwitnesses.ing aloop to receive the lower rails of the 5 fence, thence over andaround the top rail FRANK WILLIAMS again, and thence down and attachedto the Witnesses: second rail, as shown and described, and for BRUCE B.ATKINS, the purpose specified. B. O. MATHES.

